Recent content by nilanxz

How did that turn out? I'm really interested in doing something similar.

I wouldn't be surprised if half of them use juice from concentrate or at least not freshly pressed. Do you know of any names? I've been in Florida for years and have been looking for local cider but never seen any, the microbeer community is flourishing though with some amazing stuff.

I've made a few batches with CDB too and the first few bottle carbed up fine within 2 weeks and were fizzy within a few days (but not enough to be enjoyable at that point). Then the second latest batch I made was about 7.5% ABV, 25% of it was cranberry cherry juice from concentrate (with apple...

That is too much, each pack contains 5 grams which is about a teaspoon, but you only need 1g per gallon. I personally use a small digital scale to weigh it out, they also cost about $10 on Amazon. So basically one pack is enough for 5 gallons, you can probably eyeball a gallon amount though as...

I have only used Cotes Des Blancs so far (been making cider a few months) and it always finishes up for me in ~7 days and that's including batches I made with almost 8% ABV - I do live in the south and it's ~77F in my fermenting room though. I know it slows down at lower temps.

You can get ten 5 gram packs of Cotes Des Blancs yeast on Amazon for $7 and that's enough to make 50 gallons. It'll last you awhile and it tastes good, works well in the southern heat and ferments out in about 7 days.

I would try to mount/hang the vacuum sealer so it hangs with hinge part facing up (and the lid facing you) and then put the cider inside a bag but leave at least 25% empty space at the top and have someone else help you hold/seal it but you'd likely have to be very careful not to get the bag wet...

You shouldn't really be sitting in secondary for that long (or any time?) with so much headspace, during active fermentation there will be a c02 layer to protect your cider against oxidation and bacteria but as fermentation slow/stops this won't be present or as strong and you have a massive...

I'm in USA but I have to say Aldi's apple juice from concentrate is amazing for cider and it's all that I use - they also had a "from concentrate" Cranberry Cherry flavored juice which is mostly apple with some other juices including cranberry and cherry added - I used 25% that in my last batch...

You can freeze any and all food grade vacuum storage bags, but you need a vacuum sealer.

I'm having great experiences with Cotes Des Blancs at 77-80F so far. Have made a few regular ciders with apple juice + FAJC and I just made an apple "wine" using apple juice + Aldi brand "Pomegranate Plum" flavored juice and some sugar and it turned out amazing to me. Kinda like a White Zin...